Russia: Don't force Ukraine to choose between Russia and West

February 25, 2014|Reuters

MOSCOW, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Ukraine must not be forced tochoose between close ties with Russia or the West, RussiaForeign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday in Moscow'slatest warning to the European Union and United States not totry to shape the ex-Soviet state's future.

"It is dangerous an counterproductive to try to force upon aUkraine a choice on the principle: 'You are either with us oragainst us'," Lavrov said at a joint news conference after talkswith Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn.